DaptoFunlandGuy

I heard somewhere that they had a 5 year plan to build 5 new rides.... wonder what the next one is?

It wasn't directed at you AUSTHEMEPARKS. I'm pretty sure Brad was referring to KingdaKa

Curious KingdaKa - (this isn't an attack...) You do freely admit you are a bit younger.. yet you seem to have a lot of knowledge of a diverse range of parks across the world. I'm wondering - what parks have you been to?

It's funny - because Reanimated wasn't referring to me when he was talking about 'taking the piss'... I think it might have been iwerks... but it certainly wasn't me - so your douche comment wasn't directed at me... until now when it apparently was. Would you like a shovel? It may help you to keep digging faster.

Does Jamberoo have a drop tower?

LOL.... that took longer than expected - Pretty sure when the spinning propeller was first noticed, someone called it'd be broken in a week.

Ok so one person enjoys pissed off Alex.

Correct me if i'm mistaken - but aren't Insane at Grona Lund and Green Lantern at SFMM the exact same model? Sure theres going to be minor differences in every installation, variations in wheels (nylon polymer, worn or new, balance and combination of the two), but shouldn't the ride experience (whilst designed to be random) be fairly similar... It seems to me that this particular comment is coming from someone who is REPLYING to others who claim it does hurt. If he was just commenting he'd say "i went on this and it was great!"... the fact he says 'doesn't hurt at all in my opinion" suggests to me that its a response to other people who have said it does hurt. You can't tell something is comfortable from a video - plain and simple. Extremely offensive and rude thing to say... You mean like calling ride operators Lazy 14 year old Teenagers ? YOU haven't PROVEN your claim yet. YOU claimed that Insane is more comfortable than other Zacspins. YOU claimed YOU COULD TELL by watching a video. As PROOF, YOU offered comments on that video. That isn't PROOF. In the legal world, thats HEARSAY, and is inadmissible. In order for you to PROVE your statement, you need someone INDEPENDENT who has had the opportunity to ride BOTH versions of the attraction and then give their honest opinion. I've been on GLFF - I consider it horrible. Gazza has ridden GLFF and has no issue with it. This is another issue you're going to have PROVING your own claim - because DIFFERENT people have DIFFERENT opinions... So another person's OPINION on a youtube video doesn't PROVE it's more comfortable. It doesn't even PROVE that they have been on it. I've never ridden Insane at Grona Lund - but I could go onto youtube right now, and leave a comment saying "i've been on this, and it's the most excruciatingly painful thing i've ever been on - DO NOT RIDE." Then reanimated could use my comment as PROOF that he was right and you were wrong... because he would have done the exact same thing as you... see? Calm down, take your own advice previously stated at "a)" and read the advice from "Nice Alex" in the other thread. You're starting to scare Nice Alex away with these kinds of diatribes.

It'd be awesome to build my house out of solid gold sovereigns. Of course - i can't afford that many sovereigns, and gold is a weak metal anyway and probably not up to bearing the weight of a structure of that type... and people would be constantly breaking my house to steal the gold, and in the winter all the metal would be really cold, and in the summer it'd eventually get really hot... but it'd still be awesome to build my house out of solid gold sovereigns...

All the best for a good outcome...

*puts popcorn away*

Well this gives me an excuse to go back to AOS. I do like that they're making an effort to keep the show fresh, changing things up and reinventing it to keep people coming back (and keep the techs from going bored over the same show day in day out). I look forward to seeing it... I know it's a long shot - but i'd like to see them offer a 'difference' on a more regular basis. A different show once a month thats a little less 'historical outback' and a little more 'audience involvement'... but either way - i've seen every AOS so far and they haven't disappointed yet. If this is upping the ante from AOS > Light Horse > Phar Lap > ? I look forward to the next instalment.

gets upset over critique of his vocabulary... ...best response is F... off ****. You sure showed him.

I'm going to take an educated guess and say two train would have involved training on engaging the transfer track and bringing 2nd train on off. I would also imagine that as the station would pretty well constantly have loading unloading going on - it would probably require additional staff so there would be different "roles" to train them on (you couldn't have one person to check harnesses AND group people through from the chain, because that would be happening constantly). I'm sure theres other more technical aspects to it which no doubt Spotty can fill in... how'd I do Spot? So you were wrong then? I believe the reason we got a 'purple train' is that it was far cheaper to cobble one good train out of two poor ones, for a ride that wasn't that popular at the time. The revamp to Arkham has certainly revived the old girl, but she still is - at her core - a vekoma SLC. Whilst i'm sure a new train could possibly have been purchased, as I understand it (just like Sea Viper) the same rolling stock was used, and only the seat structure was changed. To have obtained a second train, they would have needed to obtain another set of SLC rolling stock, which would be considerably more than the cost to upgrade the one train that they had. Sure it's popular now, but how were they to know what a re-brand and a new train would do for the ride? It'd still be a vekoma SLC, so it's popularity may not have taken off, and then they'd be stuck with a ride that had two trains, whilst only ever needing using one! What a waste of money that they could have put towards other things - like more efficient loading on their popular rides?

First and foremost, just by your behaviour i'm going to make an assumption that you also fit into the 'lazy teenager' category. You certainly aren't behaving like an adult. Secondly (and i'm sure our incognito park staff will correct me if I am wrong) but as far as I am aware - Ride operators in Australia are required to be a minimum of 18 years of age - so this blows your 14 year old lazy teenager comment right out of the water. As for the mention of Abyss, it was being offered up as an example of a ride that (in their view) did not meet your obviously flawed definition. I've never seen a cast member playing on their phone for any length of time. Several parks i've been to don't allow cast members to carry any personal items such as wallets or phones. rules may be different these days, where most people carry a phone instead of a watch, so I can imagine they might pull it out to check the time, and then put it back, but it hardly adds to the delay of dispatch. I do stand corrected on the Cyclone cycle time. I was going off the video linked to the RCDB profile which is an onride, but there was about a minute of off ride footage. Altogether the ride time is closer to 2 minutes, but this doesn't count computer-controlled parking, and the PHYSICAL loading and unloading and harness checking of guests... so the cycle time (time between dispatches) is easily 3 minutes or more all things considered. The only person on these boards right now being a 'douche' is you. As i've stated previously, you aren't acting like an adult, and i'm pretty sure you've said you go to school, so i'm just going to say this... There are ride operators on this board - that you've called 'lazy teenagers' despite the facts clearly showing that your claim cannot possibly be true. (you're lucky Daniel isn't around). There's also a lot of experienced, well travelled folk who have been in or have something to do with the industry. You are more than welcome to express a view or opinion, but recognise that a lot of these folks have been through this all before with the last little twerp who thought he knew everything. And many people will know a lot more about a lot more than you do. Theres a lot of 'insider-but-public' information about the parks to be gleaned from the folk around here also. Calling them douches is not a really good way to make friends on this board. Calling many of our members 'lazy teenagers' is probably going to win you no awards either. Dial it back a notch - you're welcome to express your opinion, but at the same time you need to respect other's opinions also. Also recognise that not everyone walks around with a flashing neon sign that says 'park employee', so do be careful with whom you engage in a debate with, as it could be very embarassing for you when you discover otherwise. (a certain discussion on crowd lasers comes to mind). This is nice Alex. I'd like you to get to know him - he wants to help you. Nobody enjoys it when pissed off Alex gets on the boards. It tends to frustrate many.... so for everybody's sake - please try and take some of this on board.

+1

*grabs popcorn*

Here is something like I imagine it... My mspaint skills are getting better - Gazza would be proud.

Given the ACTUAL ride time is around 2:55 (not counting computer controlled parking), 3 minute cycles will never be seen on Cyclone... kinda impossible.

Riding lethal arkham "around the time of the change" wouldn't contribute to 'dual train confusion' - Lethal had been running a 'purple' train for a long time at that point (purple being a mix of red train and blue train). It hadn't had true 2 train operation in years.

So a surfrider style seating arrangement (sitting in a circle, facing outwards) that spins, attached to a pandamonium air race style swinging arm... sounds like a mini claw. Of course with the air race, there are many swinging arms, so there are many mini claws, that all rotate around the hub as well. So not "exactly" the same as pandamonium. In case you weren't already ready to puke...

Nup - they've already got a rock pool. They can't put something similar in, even if it were different... everyone would call it the 'doomsday' of sea world.

Thanks Ninja for the awesome direct-uploaded photos which I can actually see! It's wonderful when people follow the rules! That grass looks lush! Hopefully they've 'bedded it down' sufficiently for it to be a usable space come december. And Flea - I have no doubts our wonderful park management were already thinking on the same wavelength - and at least if they aren't - they were reading this thread! edit: It's a bitumen path - not exactly a 'road' and when Jet Rescue's piazza is pebbled, and viper's area is grassed, a bitumen path is a good boundary to keep one from encroaching on the other. Nobody ever suggested the grass is a permanent addition, and the path may just be another maintenance access-way for various purposes. I wouldn't consider the bitumen as an indicator they've made up their mind about that site.

However, you didn't state it as a prediction - which is the point Jobe is making.